Move the impl of backfill to use events.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/federation/replication.py b/synapse/federation/replication.py
index 000a3081c2..1628a56294 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/replication.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/replication.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class ReplicationLayer(object):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     @log_function
-    def backfill(self, dest, context, limit):
+    def backfill(self, dest, context, limit, extremities):
         """Requests some more historic PDUs for the given context from the
         given destination server.
 
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ class ReplicationLayer(object):
             dest (str): The remote home server to ask.
             context (str): The context to backfill.
             limit (int): The maximum number of PDUs to return.
+            extremities (list): List of PDU id and origins of the first pdus
+                we have seen from the context
 
         Returns:
             Deferred: Results in the received PDUs.
         """
-        extremities = yield self.store.get_oldest_pdus_in_context(context)
-
         logger.debug("backfill extrem=%s", extremities)
 
         # If there are no extremeties then we've (probably) reached the start.